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Adeleke Lauds DSS on Arrest of Suspected Bandits
By Funmi Ojo The governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commended the personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, on the successful operation, that led to the arrest of 10 suspected members of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Ilesa, Osun State. Governor Adeleke, in a statement by his Spokesperson,…
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EFCC Detains Emefiele after Release by DSS
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is currently being detained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Emefiele, who is currently being interrogated at the National Headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, was picked up by EFCC operatives Thursday night, less than an hour after he regained…
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DSS Detention : Bawa Heads to Court
The embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sued the Department of State Services, DSS, for his continued detention without trial since June 14, 2023. In the suit filed at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court for the Enforcement of Fundamental Rights, brought by one Barrister…
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DSS Frees Former EFCC Chairman, Bawa
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been released after spending over 3months in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS, through its Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Peter Afunaya, announced Bawa’s release late on Wednesday. Bawa’s arrest came immediately after his…
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Security Operatives Begin Search for Corps Member Abducted in Zamfara
The National Youth Service Corps has said its Director General, Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed is working with the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and the military brigade to secure the release of eight corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on Saturday. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, made the…
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Security Alert: DSS Warns of Imminent Attack on Abuja-Kaduna Train
The Department of the State Services, DSS, has in a leaked memo to the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, warned against bandits attack along Abuja-Kaduna Train. The secret service in memo titled: Security Alert: ‘Impending Threat By A Coalition Of Banditry Syndicate To Attack Abuja-Kaduna Train Service Along AKTS Corridor’, advised other security agents to deploy…
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Protest in Osun Poly over School Closure
By Adenitan Akinola Some students of the Osun State Polythecnic Iree, Thursday afternoon stormed the state Secretariat Abere in protest of the closure of their school. The Students numbering about one hundred moved from Olaiya flyover through OgoOluwa to the State secretariat singing solidarity songs. At the State Secretariat, an attempt to force their way…
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Court tells DSS to Release or Charge Emiefele within 7 Days
A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Department of State Security Service to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to Court or release him. According to the report, Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while delivering a…
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DSS Quizzes Ex- EFCC Chair, Bawa
The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is being interrogated by operatives of the Department of State Services over his activities in the anti-graft agency. The Spokesman for the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, confirmed the invitation and arrival of Bawa at the secret police for the probe in a…
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DSS Confirms Emefiele’s Arrest
The Department of State Services, DSS, has finally confirmed that Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, is in its custody. The official confirmation of the whereabout of Emefiele was contained in a press release by the Public Relations Officer, DSS, Peter Afunanya, PhD fsi. The DSS spokesperson further stated that…
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Just in: DSS Arrests Emefiele
Suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been arrested by the Department of State Security Services, DSS.The news of Emefiele arrest was made now on Bayo Onanuga Twitter page @aonanuga1956.According to reports, the DSS apprehended Emefiele, shortly after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening.Following his suspension, Emefiele was instructed…
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APC, PDP Tell DSS to Arrest Interim Government Plotters
The presidential campaign councils of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the Department of State Services to get tough with plotters of the interim national government. The councils, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday in Abuja, said the push for the ING was unconstitutional, adding that the plotters…
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DSS, Police foil Attempted Assassination of Osun Speaker
Mojisola Oladele The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Mr.Timothy Owoeye has escaped being assassinated by people suspected to be political thugs. It took the gallantry of the men of the Department of State Services and the Police officers attached to the office of the Speaker that repelled the assailants, who arrived at the premises…
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EFCC Releases Doyin Okupe
The former Director-General (DG) of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Doyin Okupe, said he has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos. One of Okupe’s lawyers, Tolu Babaleye who spoke to newsmen on the subject matter, on Thursday, said the DSS asked him to provide court processes where…
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Court Stops Arrest of Emefiele for Alleged Terrorism
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has declined an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest and detain the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Justice Tsoho, while declining the motion ex-parte filed by an applicant in the absence of the respondent,…
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Alleged Withdrawal: It is Police, DSS Affair- Adeleke Spokesperson
The Osun State Government says the alleged withdrawal of security personnel from Governor Ademola Adeleke has nothing to do with the Governor according to some reports. A statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed clarify that the issue is a minor disagreement between officers of the Department of State Service and the…
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DSS Seeks Cooperation over New Security Alert
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for calm as it works with other law enforcement agencies and stakeholders to maintain peace and order in and beyond Abuja. On Sunday, the United States and Britain issued a travel advisory of a possible terrorist attack in Abuja, targeting government buildings, places of worship and schools,…
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DSS Gets Permission to Extend Tukur Mamu’s Detention
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a prayer by the Department of State Services, DSS, to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as prayed. The security…
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DSS Raids Tukur Mamu’s Kaduna Residence
Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS have raided the Kaduna residence of the arrested terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu. Mamu, who is the lead negotiator between terrorists and passengers kidnapped from a Kaduna-bound train in March, was arrested in Egypt on September 6, 2022. In a statement, DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed Mamu’s arrest in a statement on Wednesday, said the agency…
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Owo Church Attack: Defence Hqr Confirms Arrest of Additional Two suspected Attackers
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said two additional suspected terrorists linked with the Owo attack have been arrested. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, had during a meeting with media executives and editors on Tuesday announced the arrest of some suspected terrorists including the mastermind of Owo attack. In a statement on Thursday,…
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Owo Church Attack: CDS, Akeredolu Confirm Suspect’s Arrest
Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has disclosed that some of the suspected terrorists linked to the attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, two months ago, have been arrested. Irabor made the disclosure during a parley with executives and editors of media organisations in Nigeria, on Tuesday. He said the attackers were apprehended…
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DSS Warns Applicants against Fraudsters
The Department of State Services has urged Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters, saying the service was currently not recruiting. The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Friday, stated that the service does not recruit online, nor does it sell job application forms or demand money from job seekers before recruiting. The statement…
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We remain committed to ensuring security – Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has expressed the commitment of his administration to keep the state safe and secured. He stated this while receiving the Association of Retired Officers of the Department of State Services of Nigeria (Oyo State Chapter), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Lateef Akinola. Governor Makinde said he would continue to…
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Pandemonium in Osogbo, as Minister’s Security Aides Fire Sporadic Gunshots
There was pandemonium in Osogbo,the Osun State Capital as sudden sporadic gunshots fired by security men attached to the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola drove residents of the city into panic. The shooting which happened about seven o’clock on Monday evening in the old garage area of the town, made residents,shopowners and passerby to…
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Court moves Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit to Feb. 28
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned until the 28th of this month, to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of State Services, its Director-General and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Kanu…
